Enhance taste of besan ka cheela

Tip of the day

To improve taste of besan ka cheela add 2 tbsp of curd to the mixture. It would taste awesome. Do not add to much curd because than the cheela would stick to the pan. Enjoy :)

Paneer Bhurji Dhaba Style Recipe

Paneer it is J

Prep Time:  10 mins

Cooking Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

1 cup crumbled paneer

1 onion sliced

4 tomatoes grated

3 tbsp cooking oil

1 tsp turmeric

1 tsp chilli powder

1 tsp garam masala

1tbsp kasuri methi powder

Salt as per taste

Method:
1. Heat a non stick pan and add cooking oil
2. To this add the sliced onion and stir till translucent ( Do not overcook)
3. Now add the grated tomatoes stir and cover with lid.
4.Allow the mixture to cook till the oil separates. Keep stirring in between so that the mixture does not stick to the pan.
5.When the cooking oil separates now add turmeric, chilli powder, garam masala and mix well.
6. Now add the crumbled paneer, salt and mix. Cover with lid and cook for a minute. and switch off the gas.
7.Now garnish by adding kasuri methi powder. I usually dr roast kasuri methi and then make powder.
8.Paneer bhurji dhaba style is ready J

 Tip – Do not overcook after adding paneer other it will become chew J

Sliced Onion

Grated Tomato

Crumbled Paneer

Cooked onion and tomato mixture

Paneer in the mixture

Paneer Bhurji Dhaba Style

Aate (Wheatflour) Ka Halwa Recipe

This one is my hubby's favourite dish and i end up making quite often.

Prep Time : 2 mins ( to gather all ingredients :) )
Cooking Time : 10 mins
Serves - 2 people

Ingredients
5 tbsp aata (wheat flour)
5 tbsp ghee
5 tbsp sugar
1/2 cup hot water

Method
1. Heat ghee in non stick pan.
2. Add aata (wheat flour) and stir untill you get nice brown colour.
3. Remove from flame and add sugar and mix well.
4. Now add hot water and stir to avoid formation of lumps
5. Place the pan back on low heat and cover with a lid and let it cook for 2 mins or until ghee starts floating on top
6. The atte ka halwa is ready to eat :)

Brown color of the aata (wheat flour)

Sugar with aata (wheat flour)

After adding hot water

Final stage ( you can see ghee on the edges )

Tip - Garnish with almonds to have crunchy texture to the halwa

Apple Crumble Recipe

Felt like having apple pie but did not have energy to go and invest so much time making it. So a quick fix and to satisfy my craving instantly decide to do a quick fix -apple crumble :)

Ingredients
1 golden apple
1/4 cup all purpose flour
40 gm frozen butter cut into cubes
4 tbsp ground sugar
1 tbsp cinnamon powder
1tsp lemon juice


Method
1. Peel and chop the apple.
2. Mix the ground sugar, lemon juice ,cinnamon to the cut apple.
4. Pre heat the oven at 180 degree Celsius.
3. Sieve the all purpose flour add the cubes of butter and make a crumble.
4. Grease  3 small ramekin or oven proof bowl with butter.
5. Add the apple mixture in the bowls and cover with the crumble.
6. Place the ramekins in the oven and bake at 180 degree Celsius for 40 minutes.

Apple with cinnamon and sugar 

Crumble

Apple Crumble 

Tip - cinnamon gives nice flavor to the apple crumble.

Pickle Rice Recipe

Its easy to make and just take about 30 mins and more over you do not have to chop and do additional preparations  So if your cook is on leave or coming late from work give this recipe a try :)

Ingredients:

1 cup rice washed and soaked for 15 minutes
2 tbsp Bedekar pickle mix ( mango pickle mix)
3 tbsp oil
2 1/4 cup water
Salt to taste
Fresh coriander leaves chopped and washed for garnishing


Method
1. Put the cooker on high gas flame and oil .
2. Now add the Bedekar mix and stir .Immediately add the rice, salt as required and mix well.
3. Now add water . Cover the cooker lid
4. Allow two whistles and then lower the gas flame ( until a third whistle or for 3 mins ) and then turn off the gas
5. Release the cooker lid and as soon the steam escapes the cooker lid will fall .
6. Serve the hot rice with fresh coriander garnishing
7. You can eat the pickle rice with curd or any curry vegetable.

Tip - you can add Bedekar mix as per your need for more fire :)

Pickle Rice 

Apple Pie Recipe

Ingredients
2 green apples
1 cup all purpose flour
60 gm Amul butter frozen and cut into cubes
1/2 cup caster sugar
3tsp ground cinnamon
1tsp lime juice
Pinch of salt
Chilled water

Method
1. Sieve the all purpose flour and add a pinch of salt.
2. Make a crumble mixture by mixing butter cubes with the flour mixture.

The flour and butter mixture 

3. Add chilled water as required to make a dough.
4. Allow the dough to rest for 5 minutes.
5. Divide the dough into 2 halves . Roll one half of the dough into a circle.
6. Pre heat the oven at 180 degree C.
7. Grease the baking dish by adding a little butter.
8. Cover the baking dish with the dough and blind bake for 15 minutes at 180 degree C.

Dough rolled in the baking dish

Blind baking the dough 

9. Peel and slice the apples. Mix sugar, cinnamon powder and lime juice.

10. Now roll the other half of the dough into a circular shape.
11. Place the sliced apples mixture in the baking dish. Cover the apple mixture with rolled dough.
12. Create some openings in the pie for the steam to release out.

Pie ready to gain in the oven

13. Put the apple pie back in the oven at 180 degree C for 15 mins or until the upper crust is brown.
14. Enjoy the hot apple pie.

Apple Pie 

Tip - Use green apples  as they are firm and give a nice tangy taste.

If you don't want to make pie you can also make apple crumble. Put the apple mixture in the baking dish and cover the flour crumble mixture over the apples and bake in the oven . 

Hummus with falafels

There is a new chain Falafel's in Pune. They have 3 shops in Pune. All of them situated in malls - Phoenix Market City, Inorbit Mall, Amnora Town Center. I tries the outlet at Phoenix Market City.

 I tried the hummus with falafels. The platter consisted of  huge bowl of hummus, 5 - 6 falafels, 2 pita breads cut into quarters and pickled vegetables. The complete platter was sufficient for 1 person and the total cost was INR 199.

The pita bread was made from wheat flour and was light and fresh.The falafels were crisp and were made from peas. They were served on a huge spread of humus drizzled with lemon juice ,olive oil and paprika. The pickled vegetables (cabbage, carrots ) were crisp and had a nice tangy taste of vinegar.

It was nice to try different cuisine and flavors. Planning to  again next weekend :)

You can try falafels and the hummus at home as well.

Check the recipe for falafels  on
http://www.nigella.com/recipes/view/falafels-2770

Check the recipe of hummus on http://www.nigella.com/recipes/view/peanut-butter-hummus. Though the hummus i tried did not contain peanut butter.

Khas khas badam ka halwa

Ingredients
1/2 cup khas khas soaked overnight
15 almonds soaked overnight
12 tbsp ghee
12 tbsp sugar
12 tbsp milk

Method
1. Peel the soaked almonds.
2. Make a smooth paste of the khas khas and almonds.
3. Heat ghee in a non stick pan and add the khas khas and almond paste to it .
4. Keep stirring the paste until it turns brown
5. If ghee is less and the paste( khas khas and almond) sticks to the bottom of the pan add more ghee.
6. Now add the sugar and mix well.
7. To this mixture now add milk.
8. Cover the pan with the lid and allow it to simmer .
9. The halwa is done when ghee starts appearing on top.
10 enjoy the khas khas badam ka halwa :)

The color of the halwa before youa dd sugar and milk 

Khas khas and badam ka halwa ready :)

Tip - Use non stick pan to make the halwa . The khas khas and almond paste will not stick to the bottom of the pan .

Quesadilla - my take

Tried making quesadilla my version for breakfast.

The recipe is also posted on http://cooks.ndtv.com/recipe/show/quick-quesadilla-296212

 Ingredients
2 chappatis/roti(leftover)
Finely chopped onion
Finely chopped tomato
Finely chopped capsicum
Sliced olives
1 Britania cheese single
Butter for frying
Salt
Red chilli
Oregano
Red chilli sauce

Method
1. Mix all Onion, tomato, capsicum , olives.
2. Add salt,red chilli, red chilli sauce as per taste
3. Heat a pan and some butter
4. Place one roti on the pan
5. Add the filling and the chesse single.
6. Place the roti over the filling and press slightly
7. Add more butter and flip the roti tocookfrom other side
8. Cook until the chapatis are little crisp and thecheese melts

Tips
You can add mozerella cheese also
To the stuffing you can add capers,jalapeno

Quesadilla

Quesadilla with the filling 

McEgg Burger

Across various regions, egg preparations ( boiled egg , egg bhurji, half fry) along with bread or pav is common street food. Taking cue from the trend it seems, the new McEgg Burger has been  introduced at INR 25.

I tried the same and it is just awesome.

The  McEgg Burger consists of small bun with steamed egg and finely chopped onion. The bun size is smaller than the regular Mc Veggie burger. 

Its light, low cal and perfect portion for an evening snack.

Do check out the McEgg Burger